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A decline in annual advertising revenues in 2014 has resulted in losses of $50 million for television stations in Lebanon, according to Talal Makdessi, chairman and CEO of Tele Liban.
“Total expenses of television stations in Lebanon reached $110 million in 2014 while their revenues amounted to only $60 million,…

Currently, private FM channels are not allowed to broadcast news under the FM Radio (phase-II) policy guidelines
Government is ready to consider a proposal to allow private FM radio channels to broadcast current news under certain conditions, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Currently, private FM channels are not allowed to…

As Canadian television moves to an unbundled world over the next two years, experts say cable companies will face some revenue pressures but broadcasters will be hit harder.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued its long-awaited “pick-and-pay” ruling Thursday, confirming that by the end of 2016, television distributors will…

Government is optimistic Ghana will meet the global deadline to migrate from analog television broadcasting to Digital Terrestrial Television.
This comes after a commercial Court in Accra threw out an injunction application seeking to prevent government from going ahead with the digital migration process.
Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, the…

The Sinclair Broadcast Group has added Steve Rotfeld Productions’ Xploration Station to its weekend lineups starting in fall 2016, said Steve Rotfeld, SRP president, on Tuesday.
The three-hour block, produced and distributed by SRP, will air for five years on 38 Sinclair stations, including all 36 of the group’s Fox…

Scripps Networks Interactive said it agreed to acquire a majority stake in TVN, a multi-platform media company in Poland.
Scripps Networks, which owns lifestyle networks including HGTV and Food Network, has been the subject of takeover talk in a mature and consolidating U.S. cable TV industry. Programmers, including Viacom, AMC…

The FCC has voted 5-0 to seek input on whether it should make de jure what appears to be the case de facto: That cable operators are subject to effective competition, at least as defined by the 1992 Cable Act and when it comes to basic rate regulation of traditional…

Cablevision Systems is the first cable operator to sign up for HBO’s new standalone streaming service – HBO Now.
All the particulars of the deal weren’t revealed – including pricing and when exactly it will debut. Cablevision said the service will be available to its Optimum Online customers in the…

Two new free-to-air national digital TV channels are set to break the duopoly of Televisa and Azteca TV, which together have ruled over the Mexican TV market for decades.
In a historic move, Mexico’s reform-minded telco regulator Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) has awarded broadcasting licenses to Grupo Radio Centro and…

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